Private higher education in Australia: Growth, quality and standards

Journal of Institutional Research South East Asia

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 80-95

  Shah, Mahsood ^a   Lewis, Ione ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Private higher education; Quality assurance and standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255194119     PISSN: 16756061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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